{"url_path":"/sec/aeo/proxy/2026-05-15/000119312526227175","section_key":"body","section_title":"DEFA14A body","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"DEFA14A","doc_date":"2026-05-15","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919012/0001193125-26-227175-index.html","accession_number":"0001193125-26-227175","cik":"0000919012","ticker":"AEO","issuer_name":"AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919012/0001193125-26-227175-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000919012","primary_entity_name":"AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC"},"word_count":1579,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"DEFA14A\n1\nd73478ddefa14a.htm\nDEFA14A\n\nDEFA14A\n\n**UNITED STATES**\n\n**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**\n\n**Washington, D.C. 20549**\n\n**SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION**\n\n**Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the**\n\n**Securities Exchange Act of 1934**\n\nFiled by the Registrant ☒        Filed by a Party other than the Registrant ☐\n\nCheck the appropriate box:\n\n☐\n\nPreliminary Proxy Statement\n\n☐\n\n**Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))**\n\n☐\n\nDefinitive Proxy Statement\n\n☒\n\nDefinitive Additional Materials\n\n☐\n\nSoliciting Material Pursuant to §240.14a-12\n\n**AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS, INC.**\n\n**(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)**\n\n**N/A**\n\n**(Name of Person(s)\nFiling Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)**\n\nPayment of Filing Fee (Check all boxes that apply):\n\n☒\n\nNo fee required.\n\n☐\n\nFee paid previously with preliminary materials.\n\n☐\n\nFee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.\n\n   \n\n** **\n\nYour **Vote** Counts! \n\n \n\n**AMERICAN EAGLE\nOUTFITTERS, INC.**\n\n2026 Annual\nMeeting\n\n Vote by June 25,\n2026\n\n11:59 PM ET\n\n  \n\n  \n\n     \n\n  \n\n        \n\n \n\n \n\nYou invested in AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS, INC. and it’s time to vote!\n\nYou have the right to vote on proposals being presented at the Annual Meeting. **This is an important notice regarding the********availability of proxy material for the shareholder meeting to be held on June 26, 2026.**\n\nGet informed before\nyou vote\n\nView the Annual Report, Proxy Statement online OR you can receive a free paper or email copy of the\nmaterial(s) by requesting prior to June 14, 2026. If you would like to request a copy of the material(s) for this and/or future shareholder meetings, you may (1) visit www.ProxyVote.com, (2) call 1-800-579-1639 or (3) send an email to\nsendmaterial@proxyvote.com. If sending an email, please include your control number (indicated below) in the subject line. Unless requested, you will not otherwise receive a paper or email copy.\n\n \n\n**Smartphone users**\n\n**Vote in Person at the Meeting***\n\nJune 26, 2026\n\n11:00 AM\nEDT\n\nPoint your camera here and\n\nvote without entering a\n\ncontrol number\n\nAnnual Meeting to be held virtually\n\nTo attend, you must register as a\n\nBeneficial Holder at:\n\nhttps://web.viewproxy.com/ae/2026\n\nBy 11:59 PM ET on June 23, 2026\n\n       \n\n   \n\n*\n\nIf you choose to vote these shares in person at the meeting, you must request a “legal\nproxy.” To do so, please follow the instructions at www.ProxyVote.com or request a paper copy of the materials, which will contain the appropriate instructions. Please check the meeting materials for any special requirements for meeting\nattendance.\n\n**Vote at www.ProxyVote.com**\n\n**Control # XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX**\n\n**THIS IS NOT A VOTABLE BALLOT**\n\nThis is an overview of the proposals being presented at the upcoming\nshareholder meeting. Please follow the instructions on the reverse side to vote these important matters.\n\nAs described in the definitive proxy statement filed by American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (the “Company”) with the Securities and\nExchange Commission on May 15, 2026, the Company is not seeking stockholder approval of any amendments to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting, and Proposals 2a through 2d as set forth\nherein should be disregarded.\n\n**Board**\n\n**Voting Items**\n\n**Recommends**\n\n \n\n1.\n\nElection of Directors\n\n** For**\n\n**Nominees:**\n\n(1)\n\nJay L. Schottenstein\n\n2a.\n\nApprove amendments to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to: Provide for\nthe exculpation of officers as permitted by Delaware law.\n\n** For**\n\n2b.\n\nApprove amendments to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to: Revise the\nprovisions relating to indemnification of directors, officers, employees, and agents, advancement of expenses, and related matters.\n\n** For**\n\n2c.\n\nApprove amendments to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to: Delete the\nprovision relating to advance notice of director nominations made by stockholders.\n\n** For**\n\n2d.\n\nApprove amendments to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to: Make certain\nother clarifying, technical, and conforming changes.\n\n** For**\n\n3.\n\nRatify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent\nregistered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2027.\n\n** For**\n\n4.\n\nApprove, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the Fiscal 2025 compensation of the\nCompany’s named executive officers (Say-on-Pay vote).\n\n** For**\n\n5.\n\nApprove an amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2023 Stock Award and\nIncentive Plan to increase the number of authorized shares thereunder.\n\n** For**\n\n**NOTE**: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. On the\nday of the Annual Meeting, you may only vote during the virtual meeting if you have previously e-mailed a copy of your legal proxy to virtualmeeting@viewproxy.com.\n\nUnder New York Stock Exchange rules, brokers may vote “routine” matters at their\ndiscretion if your voting instructions are not communicated to us at least 10 days before the meeting. **We will nevertheless follow your instructions, even if the broker’s discretionary vote has already been given, provided your instructions\nare received prior to the meeting date.**\n\n1.00000\n\n322,224\n\n148,294\n\nFLASHID-JOB#\n\n**AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS, INC.**\n\n**Important Notice Regarding the Internet Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held virtually on June 26, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET**\n\n**This communication is not a form of voting and presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you\non the Internet. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting.**\n\n**The Proxy Statement and Annual Report are available at https://web.viewproxy.com/ae/2026**\n\n**If you want to receive a paper or email copy of these documents, you must request one by\nfollowing the instructions below on or before June 18, 2026 to facilitate timely delivery. There is no charge to you for requesting a copy.**\n\nImportant information regarding the Internet availability of the Company’s proxy materials, instructions for accessing your proxy materials and voting online, and\ninstructions for requesting paper or e-mail copies of your proxy materials are outlined in this Notice.\n\nYou must use the 11-digit Control Number\n\nlocated in the box to attend the Annual Meeting\n\nvirtually, to vote via Internet, or to\nrequest proxy materials.\n\nSTOCKHOLDERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING.\n\n**To the Stockholders of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.:**\n\n**The 2026 Annual\nMeeting will be held virtually on June 26, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET**\n\nNotice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of American Eagle Outfitters,\nInc. will be held on June 26, 2026 at 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Savings Time via the internet. As a Registered Holder, you may vote your shares at the Annual Meeting by first registering at https://web.viewproxy.com/ae/2026 and then using your\nControl Number below. Your registration must be received by 11:59 PM ET on June 23, 2026. On the day of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, if you have properly registered, you will log in using the link you received via email in your\nregistration confirmation and follow instructions to vote your shares. Please have your Control Number with you during the meeting in order to vote. Further instructions on how to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders are contained\nin the Proxy Statement in the section titled “INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROXY STATEMENT AND THE ANNUAL MEETING.”\n\n**The Board recommends a\nvote “FOR” the director nominee listed under Proposal 1**\n\n**and “FOR” Proposal 2(a), 2(b), 2(c), 2(d), 3, 4, and 5.**\n\n**Proposal 1:** Election of Class I Director\n\n**NOMINEE:**\n\n**(1) **Jay L. Schottenstein\n\n**Proposal 2:**Approve amendments to the\nCompany’s Certificate of Incorporation to:\n\n**2(a):**\n\nProvide for the exculpation of officers as permitted by Delaware law.\n\n**2(b):**\n\n****Revise the provisions relating to indemnification of directors, officers, employees, and agents, advancement of\nexpenses, and related matters.\n\n**2(c):**\n\n****Delete the provision relating to advance notice of director nominations made by stockholders. ****\n\n**2(d):**\n\n****Make certain other clarifying, technical, and conforming changes.\n\n**Proposal 3:**Ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending\nJanuary 31, 2027.\n\n**Proposal 4:**Approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the Fiscal 2025 compensation of the\nCompany’s named executive officers (“Say-on-Pay” vote).****\n\n**Proposal 5:**Approve an amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2023 Stock Award and Incentive Plan to increase the number of authorized shares thereunder.\n\n**NOTE:** To conduct any other business properly brought before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment, postponement, or rescheduling thereof.\n\nAs described in the definitive proxy statement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2026, the Company is not seeking\nstockholder approval of any amendments to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting, and Proposals 2a through 2d as set forth herein should be disregarded.\n\nThe Securities and Exchange Commission rules permit us to make our proxy materials available to our stockholders via\nthe Internet.\n\n**Material for this Annual Meeting and future meetings may be requested by one of the\nfollowing methods:**\n\n** **\n\n \n\n**Internet:**\n\n \n\n**E-Mail:**\n\nGo to **https://web.viewproxy.com/ae/2026**\n\nHave the 11-digit Control Number available when you access the website and follow the instructions.\n\nBy e-mail at: **requests@viewproxy.com**\n\n*  If requesting\nmaterial by e-mail, please send a blank e-mail with the company name and your 11-digit Control Number in the subject line. No\n****other requests, instructions, or other inquiries should be included within this email request.\n\n \n\n****\n\n**Telephone**\n\nCall 1-877-777-2857 Toll Free\n\n \n\n \n\nVOTING METHODS\n\n**Via Internet prior to the Annual Meeting:**\n\nGo to**www.AALvote.com/AEO**\n\nHave your 11-digit Control Number available and follow the prompts.\n\n•  Your electronic vote prior to the\nAnnual Meeting authorizes the named proxies to vote your shares in the same manner as if you marked, signed, dated, and returned a proxy card.\n\n**Via Internet during the Annual Meeting:**\n\nGo to**www.AALvote.com/AEO**\n\nHave your 11-digit Control Number available and follow the prompts.\n\n**AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS, INC.**"}